Summer Yachts 3

I shouldn’t be surprised to find pricey boats in a city like NYC, but I still am.  I took the first two photos here in Chelsea Piers, and I imagined their understated elegant lines meant they were affordable.  Well, maybe they are easily affordable by the incoming executive branch standards, but for most folks, not so much.  Look them up . . . Van Dutch boats.

I also shouldn’t be surprised how fast some boats travel on the Hudson, but this one flew past at

least 35 knots, and it wasn’t small.  I’ve no idea who the manufacturer is.

Traveling in the canal makes for a slower pace, with people going for the distance, like

Pioche.  They must know about some new navigation canal infrastructure plans I’m not privy to.  And I wonder who they hope to meet in Pioche.

If I bought another cruising boat, I’d want something like this . . .

here upbound the St Lawrence.  I’m not positive it’s a pleasure boat, but PCF does not mean patrol craft, fast.  It could be Provincial C___  for Fisheries?

I’m not sure what this is, besides a boat.  Anyone know the story?  She was up north of the Scarano barns in Albany.

 

All photos by Will Van Dorp.